New 2020 Ford Kuga spied for the first time

A brand new Ford Kuga is in the works in step with our newest secret agent pictures, with the company’s subsequent mid-size SUV stuck by way of our secret agent photographers all over early on-road checking out.

Though not too long ago up to date and kicking off 2018 as the UK’s 7th best possible promoting automotive, the present Kuga is 5 years previous this 12 months, and with producers seeing large enlargement in the SUV phase, Ford is wanting contemporary steel. An onslaught of recent competitors in recent years, with arrivals together with the SEAT Ateca, Skoda Karoq and Peugeot 3008, make a brand new fashion crucial.

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Though there’s little or no to glean from those secret agent pictures, we will be able to see that present Kuga bodywork has been tailored to suit over the contemporary underpinnings, drawing consideration to the place the automotive will trade.

It’s most probably that the subsequent Kuga will proportion its platform with the quickly to be published fourth-generation Focus, and a slight building up in length is on the playing cards, as hinted at by way of the longer rear overhang and prolonged wheel arches. The styling will probably be influenced by way of the subsequent Focus too, feeding off the all-new design language that fashion is anticipated to bring in.

Inside, be expecting the newest Ford inner bundle. That way a extra horizontally actuated design for the dashboard, with an indicator floating pill taste infotainment show perched atop the centre console.

It’s relatively most probably that the subsequent Kuga will recreation a hybrid powertrain possibility too. Ford not too long ago introduced plans to noticeably spend money on electrification, and can spend virtually £8bn in a bid to introduce 40 electrified automobiles together with complete EVs throughout quite a lot of markets by way of 2022. A completely electrical compact SUV is prime on the company’s record of priorities too, regardless that it’s not likely that this will probably be a Kuga EV.

With the present Kuga marking the mid-way level of its existence with a facelift early final 12 months, it is going to be a couple of years but earlier than the next-generation fashion arrives in showrooms, with a expose in 2020 most probably.